Mind of Tenkaichi: The offense Part 2

Legend

^= Triangle(Ki attack)
[]= Square(Melee attack)
O= Circle (Guard)
X= duh(movement)
l2 = power up
r1= fly upward/jump
r2= fly downward

Melee and Getting around defense

Now that we know how to use the smaller ki blasts to control range and add pressure to your opponent, lets talk about the upclose game and breaking your opponents defense. There are alot of ways that you can defend in tenkaichi now. Alot of those ways have already been covered in the defensive portion of this blog(so take a look at it if you missed it =P) How to get around such things and build an offense around your opponents defensive options is important. So lets get to it.

*Staggered strings

Staggered attack strings are very important in this game. Basically you adjust the timing of your melee to make it seem like your opponent has room to counter but instead you hit them back before they are able to move. Sadly the downside to staggered attack strings is that this gives your opponent more room to Z counter 2 back or teleport behind you. Don't let this discourage you however. Use Staggered strings as much as possible as long as your opponent isnt countering them =P

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This is a staggered string(well the notation for it anyway) This allows you bait your opponent into attacking in between your strings.

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This is a normal string. If you go to practice mode, you will notice that the strings have different speeds. These speed differences force your opponent to drop their guard at some point. Practice and master these.

Offensive Teleporting

A rather simple concept actually but i suppose it wont hurt to explain it a bit. During melee you have the ability to teleport to either side or behind your opponent by pressing Left/Right+O
This allows you to mix up your attacks and to catch your opponent off gaurd. I wouldnt use this too often though. Its rather easy for your opponent to counter if they see it too much.

These are the basic things you should learn about tenkaichi first. Once you learn these things then you will be ready for advanced applications(coming soon to this blog)